Headrest holder



May 1932- L. c. BENITZ 1,858,234

HEADREST HOLDER Filed July 28, 1930 WITNESS: INVENTOR mm Len llEenltz g,

Patented May 1.7, 1932 barren LED 0. BENITZ, 0F PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA HEADREST HOLDER Application filed July 26,

This invention relates to headrest holders, and has for an object to provide improved means, to be associated with a chair, such for instance, as abarbers chair, and for holding the headrest when said headrest is removed from operative position.

A further object of the invention is to provide a headrest holder comprising, an elongated body member having a tapered ope11- ing formed by converging walls, serving as a guide for the introduction of the shank of the headrest therein.

It is well known that certain types of chairs, as for instance, barbers chairs, are provided with headrests, which said headrests are removed for performing certain parts of the operation, as for instance, hair cutting. Ordinarily, the headrest is laid anywhere the operator finds convenient, and such disposition of the headrest is objectlonable in that, it is in the way of other operations, and is liable to be knocked from its resting place and broken. The present invention comprises convenient and reliable means for receiving the shank of the headrest and maintaining the headrest away from damage, and out of the way until required.

The invention therefore comprises an elongated body member, open preferably at both ends, one of which is enlarged by flaring the walls outwardly to form a guide for introducing the shank of the headrest and all secured at some out of the way position on the chair, as for instance, at the back of the apron or board, beneath the front of the chair.

The invention is directed to other objects and possesses other features of novelty, some of which, together with the foregoing, will be hereinafter more fully set forth.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a fragment of conventional barbers chair, with the invention applied thereto,

Figure 2 is a view of the invention in side elevation,

Figure 3 is a view of the invention in top plan,

Figures 4 and 5 are views in side elevation of holders, respectively narrower and wider than that shown at Figure2, for the receipt 1930. Serial No. 470,342.

of shanks of lesser or greater dimension, and

Figure 6 is a top plan view of a holder thicker than that shown at Figure 3.

There are in use, a number of different types of barbers chairs, all of which, are provided with headrests, and all of the headrests are provided with shanks, but the shanks vary greatly in many'particulars. Certain headrests are provided with shanks which are relatively flat and; wide, while others are provided with shanks substantially round in cross section, and others are provided with shanks comprising two spaced round bars. Other types not hereinbefore mentioned, are included within the present invention. The type of shank referred to as the fiat, wide shank, is shown at 10 in Figure 1, enclosed in the holder 11, which is shown at Figures 1, 2 and 3. his holder comprises a back 12, which includes means for attaching to the chair as the perforations -13, through which fastening members 14 are inserted into or through the board 15, of the chair 16, as shown at Figure 1.

The holder is provided with. a front part 17, not so wide as the back 12, so that a margin is provided on the back 12, extending above the front 17. A top 18', and a bottom 19, are likewise employed, whereby the device becomes an elongated tubular member substantially fitting the shank 10. As a guide for the introduction of'the shank into this tubular part, the bottom 19 is tapered wider as indicated at Figure 3, and the front has a diverging section 20. The top 18, is also provided with a diverging part 21, so that the diverging sections 21 and 20 will serve as a flared guide opening for the insertion of the shank into the holder.

At Figures 1 and 6, a type is shown intended to accommodate a certain round shank, the front 17' being shown as narrower than thefront 17, and the top 18 being shown as wider than the top 18. The flaring sections 21 and 20 however, are substantially identical, and the only difference is in the cross area of the tubular part itself. At Figure 5, the front 17 is shown as wider than the front 17, the diverging sections 21" and 20 remaining, however, substan-.

tially the same. This particular type, shown at Figure 5, is intended to receive the shank which consists of spaced, parallel rods, but it is to be understood that in no instance is the invention of holder limited to, or by, the particular type of shank employed, or to be employed, therein or therewith, and that the size, length, and all other dimensions of the holder, may be varied to correspond to, or accommodate, shanks of any other size, shape or make-up.

WVhile the tubular holder is shown in Figure 1 as attached to the rear of the board 15, which is a convenient place, and a place otherwise not employed, it is to be understood that the holder may be attached to other parts, and in other positions, if circumstances make other forms of attachment necessary or desirable.

lVith the device constructed and attached, however as at Figures 1 to 3, inclusive, the headrest will merely be removed from the chair back, the shank introduced into the guide comprising the diverging sections 20 and 21, and pushed into the holder until it can be moved no further. While with the length, as indicated at Figure 1, the shank 10, may protrude beyond the end of the holder, such relation will depend wholly upon the relative lengths of the shank and holder and the relation as indicated is no limitation upon the invention.

It is obvious that the device shown at Figures 4 and 6, as well as the type shown at Figure 5, will be used in like manner.

Of course, the headrest holder may be modified in various ways without departing from the invention herein set forth and hereinafter claimed.

The invention is hereby claimed as follows:

1. A headrest holder comprising a tube the bottom and back walls being continued beyond an end of the tube, a section continuing the front wall and diverging relative to the back wall, a section continuing the top wall and diverging relative to the bottom and stopping short of the limits of the back and bottom, and means supporting the tube with the opening provided by said stoppage uppermost as an entry way.

2. A headrest holder comprising a tube the bottom and back walls being continued in substantially right lines beyond an end of the tube, a section continuing the front wall and diverging relative to the back wall, a section continuing the top wall and diverging relative to the bottom and stopping shortof the limits of the back and bottom, and means supporting the tube with the opening provided by said stoppage uppermost as an entry way.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification. v

LEO C. BENITZ. 

